This is a vital free speech issue, so I&#8217;ve initiated a petition &#8220;Don&#8217;t discriminate against Israel Folau&#8221; and urge all readers to sign it. I don&#8217;t endorse all of Folau&#8217;s views, but I endorse his right to have and to express them. He is employed as a football player, and he executes that job brilliantly. [&#8230;]

The recent flurry of inquiries into nuclear power in Australia is a unique opportunity to seriously consider an alternative energy future, one that embraces science, modernity, and innovation, rather than ideology and fiction.